An average of 15,000 Indiana residents could lose unemployment benefits each week starting in May if Congress fails to extend
federal benefits for those out of work more than six months.
Several Republicans had objected to Dawn Johnsen's criticism of the Bush administration's terrorist interrogation
policies.
Concerns about separation of church and state have prompted a national watchdog group to express reservations.
Mayor Greg Ballard’s potential lease of more than 15,000 street, surface and garage parking spaces could create turnover downtown
and in Broad Ripple, boosting retailers and restaurants.
State superintendent of public instruction says teacher union support imperative to win federal grant.
Citizens Energy should have completed the majority of its due diligence of the city’s water and sewer utilities, which
it plans to acquire, by the end of this month.
The Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library could close up to six branches or reduce their hours in order to close a budget
shortfall.
The Labor Department said Thursday that first-time claims increased by 18,000 in the week ending April 3, to a seasonally
adjusted 460,000.
Indiana's Young Hoosiers Conservation Corps is accepting applications for about 2,000 summer jobs with the Departments
of Transportation and Natural Resources.
Marion Mayor Wayne Seybold told the City Council on Tuesday that he and the city's development director would be traveling
to China with plans to complete a deal bringing a furniture maker to the city.
Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi has said he has no plans to resign, despite Mark Massa’s call Wednesday
morning for him to step down. Brizzi will be eligible for a public pension
if he finishes his second term Dec. 31.
Mark Massa, former general counsel for Gov. Mitch Daniels and the Republican candidate for Marion County prosecutor, calls
on Prosecutor Carl Brizzi, also a Republican, to step
down in the wake of an IBJ investigation.
Just Packaging on the east side of Indianapolis says it plans to invest in new equipment and hire 35 people by 2014.
March marked the first time in 17 months that monthly revenue collections exceeded the same period in the prior year. But year-to-date collections remain $867 million below a budget forecast last May.
Tax collections in March totaled $908 million, or $7 million more than for the same month last year.
The Treasury Department says potential Indiana homeowners have only until May 1 to take advantage of the First Time Homebuyer
tax credit before it expires.
Buoyed by good news on the jobs front, the White House claimed credit Sunday for reversing the downward economic spiral while
bracing out-of-work Americans for a slow recovery.
The NCAA and city put together a deal to cover insurance and liability issues for this year’s Final Four, but are still finalizing
an agreement that assures the event comes back regularly through 2039.
Indiana had suspended the fund for the Indiana Recycling Market Development Program last year. And last June, it shifted $11
million from the fund that finances loan and grant programs to attract recycling businesses to Indiana to the state's
main checking account.
Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi last year intervened in a major drug case to offer a reduced sentence over objections
from both law enforcement officers and his own deputy prosecutors.
